Micah:5:6-15
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And they shall waste the (
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These whom God will raise up for the deliverance of his Church ,
will destroy all the enemies of it ,
who are meant here by the Assyrians and Babylonians ,
who were the chief enemies at that time .(:
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land of Assyria with the sword ,
and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof :
thus shall he By these governors will God deliver us when the enemy comes into our land .
deliver [
us ]
from the Assyrian ,
when he cometh into our land ,
and when he treadeth within our borders .
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And the (
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This remnant or Church which God will deliver will only depend on God '
s power and defence (
as does the grass of the field ),
and not on the hope of man .(:
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remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD ,
as the showers upon the grass ,
that tarrieth not for man ,
nor waiteth for the sons of men .
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And the remnant of Iaakob shalbe among the Gentiles in the middes of many people ,
as the lyon among the beastes of the forest ,
and as the lyons whelpe among the flockes of sheepe ,
who when he goeth thorow ,
treadeth downe and teareth in pieces ,
and none can deliuer .
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Thine hand shall bee lift vp vpon thine aduersaries ,
and all thine enemies shalbe cut off .
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And it shall come to pass in that day ,
saith the LORD ,
that I will cut off thy (
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I will destroy all things in which you put your confidence ,
such as your vain self-reliance and idolatry ,
and in doing this I will be helping you .(:
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horses out of the midst of thee ,
and I will destroy thy chariots :
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And I will cut off the cities of thy land , &
amp ;
ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes .
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And I will cut off thine enchanters out of thine hande :
and thou shalt haue no more southsayers .
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Thine idoles also will I cut off ,
and thine images out of the middes of thee :
and thou shalt no more worship the woorke of thine hands .
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And I wil plucke vp thy groues out of the middes of thee :
so will I destroy thine enemies .
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And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen , (
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It will be so terrible that nothing like it has been heard of .(:
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such as they have not heard .